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Prop Traders, HFTs Do Not Make Markets Less Stable – CFTC

Prop Traders, HFTs Do Not Make Markets Less Stable – CFTC

Posted on Thu, Jun 14, 2018 @ 7:40

By Louisa Chender
June 13, 2018, Global Investor Group

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Chris Giancarlo has welcomed research which “dispels the narrative” that proprietary trading firms and high frequency trading firms (HFTs) have made markets less stable.

According to research conducted by the CFTC’s new Market Intelligence Branch, which was introduced to analyze market developments, there are no signs of “weakness or fragility in the futures markets causing disruptive price movements.”